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NEWZEALAND is home
to four of the top five
Harcourts’ offices in the
world, seven of the top ten sales
consultants, and the top five
franchises.
And two Howick agents
feature among the 10 sales
consultants in the world.
Harcourts Christchurch City,
owned by Harcourts Grenadier
Real Estate Ltd, has been
crowned the best office in the
world, just beating out last year’s
title holder Papanui, owned
by Harcourts Gold Real Estate
Group. Third and fourth places
were awarded to two Harcourts
Cooper & Co Real Estate Ltd
offices in Albany and Milford,
respectively.
Of the top 10 sales consultants
in the world, seven are from
Harcourts New Zealand.
In first place for the third
year in a row is real estate
phenomenon Matty Ma, of
Cooper & Co in Albany. Second is
Cameron Bailey, who is based at
Gold Real Estate’s Papanui office.
Ranked number three in the
world is Alison Aitken, who works
out of the top international
office, of Christchurch City.
Howick’s Anton Huang is the
number four sales consultant
in the world. He’s joined by Karl
Vermeulen, also from Howick, at
number six, while Papanui’s Mary
Turnbull and Albany’s Deborah
Wallace are at nine and 10 on the
international list, respectively.
Harcourts NZ also has the top
five international franchises for
revenue. In first place is Cooper
& Co Real Estate which has 12
residential sales offices located
around Auckland and one
commercial.
The franchise made close to
$2.2 billion in written sales in the
2014-15 financial year, with an
average sale price of $814,481
and Hayden Duncan says those
figures easily demonstrate just
how well deserved Cooper & Co
Real Estate’s place is at the top of
Harcourts International franchise
revenue earners.
Harcourts New Zealand
CEO Hayden Duncan says
the results, announced at
Harcourts International’s
annual conference in Australia
this week, is an exceptional
achievement given Harcourts
has more than 780 offices and
5,200 sales consultants in eight
different countries.
OUR HOMES TODAY
On top of the world
MORE than a quarter of Kiwis
would rather stay at home
with a pizza than go out for a
meal, according to a consumer
research survey that puts New
Zealanders’ pizza eating habits
under the microscope.
But a pizza order can quickly
turn into a three-course meal,
with a larger portion of Kiwis
(41 per cent) not able to resist
adding extras, such as garlic
bread or a dessert.
And for some, it doesn’t
matter where the pizza is
coming from, as long as it’s
cheap, says Megan Doyle who
heads up consumer research
company Canstar Blue.
“A quarter of New
Zealanders don’t care where
they buy their pizza, as long as
it leaves the smallest dent in
their wallets,” she says. “ This is
especially the case for Gen Ys
(32 per cent) who are also the
most likely of the age groups
to add on extra treats to their
pizza order (54 per cent).
The survey’s Gen Y
respondents are employing
their vast knowledge of
technology to get the best
pizza experience possible.
A quarter have an app
on their mobile phone for
ordering pizza and 48 per cent
anxiously track their pizza
order online to see when it will
be available.
“ The millennials are also all
about convenience, sometimes
choosing pizza over other fast
food options purely because
they deliver (58 per cent),”
Megan says.
Women (49 per cent) are
the most likely to order their
favourite choice every time,
while men are less predictable
in the flavour stakes (34 per
cent).
Seventeen per cent of
Aucklanders
say they
don’t like
vegetables,
but they
will eat
them on a
pizza. Men
(20 per cent)
are twice as likely as women
(9 per cent) to turn up their
nose at veggies unless they’re
served on a slice.
However, Aucklanders
are the most health/weight
conscious with 21 per cent
usually deciding on the lower
calorie options when choosing
a pizza.
Just over a quarter of Kiwis
listed pizza as their number
one takeaway food choice.
But when it comes to other
takeaway choices, Kiwis are still
loyal to fish and chips, with the
largest portion stating it as a
favourite choice (70 per cent).
The next biggest contenders
are Chinese take-out and
burgers which tied for second
place at 52 per cent.
Pizza on the couch preferred